Proso Millet Savoury Pongal| No-Rice Proso Millet Khichdi

This khichdi aka savoury pongal is made with no rice, which has been substituted entirely with proso millet. It is a healthier version of the rice-based khichdi, just as delicious and much more nutritious. Do try it out!

Ingredients (serves 2-3):

3/4 cup proso millet

1/4 cup moong daal

Salt, to taste

2-3 green chillies or to taste

2 tablespoons ghee

2 teaspoons mustard seeds

2 pinches of asafoetida (hing)

1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)

1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

2 tablespoons sugar

1 medium-sized carrot, peeled and cubed

About 3 tablespoons of shelled green peas

1 medium-sized onion, finely chopped

1/2 medium-sized capsicum, chopped

2 medium-sized tomatoes, finely chopped

A few stalks of coriander leaves, finely chopped

Method:

Wash the proso millet thoroughly in running water a couple of times, or till the water runs clear. Drain out all the excess water. Soak the millets in just enough water to cover them, for at least an hour. Keep aside.

When the millets are done soaking, wash the moong daal in running water a couple of times, or till the water runs clear. Drain out all the excess water. Keep aside.

Set a pressure cooker bottom on high flame. Add in the ghee, and let it melt. Add in the mustard, and let it splutter. Now, add in the cumin seeds and asafoetida. Let them stay in for a couple of seconds.

Drain out all the water from the soaked millets, and add them to the pressure cooker.

It amazing the variety of millets that is available in Bangalore. Just before my daughter’s wedding different millet khichdi was our staple diet as my daughter was on a diet. Healthy, filling and versatile as one can any veggies to it.